Files & Drive
searchFiles
Search Files
Search everything the user has: their Cloud Files (by filename AND by the text inside them), their private voice notes, and their local drive index: in one call.
Ask Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or any AI connected to The Cloud "find that file", and it calls searchFiles.
Example call
The MCP tools/call params, with the required arguments only.
{
"arguments": {
"query": "<query>"
},
"name": "searchFiles"
}Arguments
driveIdstringoptionalScope to one drive (driveId from search results). Omit for all: including Cloud Files, which a driveId excludes.kindstringoptionalFilter to files or folders only. Omit for both.querystringrequiredSearch text: matches filename + extracted text
Returns
The registry does not declare a return shape.
Ask for it
The Cloud routes these requests to this verb.
- find that file
- which file has X in it
- find my voice note
- search my drives for X
Pair it with
The verbs that finish the job.
Questions
What does searchFiles do?
Search everything the user has: their Cloud Files (by filename AND by the text inside them), their private voice notes, and their local drive index: in one call. It is one of the tools The Cloud MCP server gives every connected AI.
How do I use searchFiles from Claude or ChatGPT?
Connect your AI to The Cloud at https://mcp.thecloud.so/mcp and sign in once. Then ask Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or any AI connected to The Cloud "find that file", and it calls searchFiles.
Is searchFiles safe to let an AI call?
searchFiles is read-only: it changes nothing.
Connect
One endpoint gives your AI this tool and every other one: connect Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or Gemini, read what The Cloud is, or see pricing.